If you have lived in the UK for any amount of time. There is one thing we cannot predict, the weather, hopefully this list below will give you a few ideas.

1. Scarborough go-karting

Scarborough go-karting facility is a stylist modern 16.000 sq ft Unit, the spectacular Indoor Go karting venue boasts an upstairs spectators area and a PitStop Café So you can refuel and relax. With a host of set-up combinations available each event can be tailor-made to meet your racing needs. The powerful 200cc Honda engines SODI GT3 & adjustable pedals and seats, also we have 160cc Junior Karts for the Younger Race Driver. The minimum age for driving at Scarborough Indoor Karting is 8 and all drivers should be over 1.3 meters tall. This is not a guarantee that they will be able to drive. The only way to tell for definite is to come down and sit in a kart.

2. Ten Pin Bowling

With 12 lanes the Ten Pin Bowling Alley, with its modernised interior, updated scoring system and air conditioning, is a fantastic place to relax.

They have fabulous balcony views of Scarborough’s Seafront and Bay. It’s the perfect venue for an Office or Workplace party, Student celebration, Holiday activity, or just a regular get together of friends.

Come on in and see what you have been missing!

3. Arcades / 2p machines

More for the kids or people young at heart, from 20p – 50p a go usually, you can spend a few hours in the amusements for roughly £5.

The 2p machines, which are quintessentially part of the beach holiday, along with ice cream and fish and chips. You could even win a small prize for your hard earned change.

There are 2 places in Scarborough offering the latest cinema releases, at a price which is a lot lower than your typical chains. At £7 an adult ticket and £6 a children’s ticket, you would be hard pressed to find cheaper for the latest cinema releases. T

The 2 places that show films in Scarborough are the Hollywood Plaza and the Stephen Joseph Theatre. The Stephen Joseph is the closest cinema near the Crown Spa Hotel.

6. Go to the theatre

World renowned playright Sir Alan Ayckbourn, premiers all of his plays at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, which usually go onto West End and New York. the Stephen Joseph Theatre opened on 30th April 1996 and has two auditoria: The Round, a 404-seat in the round and The McCarthy, a 165-seat endstage/cinema. The building also contains a restaurant, shop, and full front-of-house and backstage facilities.

The Round boasts two important technical innovations: the stage lift, facilitating speedy set changes and the trampoline, a Canadian invention which allows technicians particularly easy access to the lighting grid.

7. Brunswick Shopping Centre

The Brunswick Shopping Centre is Scarborough’s premier shopping destination, housing 31 shops and stores catering for your every need, from fashions for all the family to home wares, accessories and gifts.

The centre is open seven days a week, 364 days a year (closed Christmas Day) for your convenience. With a carpark situated above the shopping centre which has 350 spaces including disabled and mother and baby parking spaces.

8. Scarborough Art Galleries

With the Art Gallery, Rotunda and Scarborough Collections, all located in walking distance. (Two located next to each other, one a 2-5 minute walk away) You can spend a few hours looking around without having to spend a penny.

9. Scarborough Sea Life Sanctuary

Scarborough Sea Life Sanctuary will take you on a fascinating journey from the coastline to the depths of the ocean through 12 themed zones. Every step will reveal something new from a face to face encounter with sharks to a hands-on rockpool experience. Don’t miss our outdoor exhibits – penguins seals and otters!

10. Scarborough Laser Quest

A favourite with everyone who wants to be like Rambo.

The 4,500 sq ft dimly-lit labyrinth is a smoke-filled maze of doorways, obstacles and barricades where opponents score points by zapping each other, and destroying the enemy base. You have to pre-book your ½ hour game slot. Before playing you assemble in the Briefing Room to receive your instructions on how to play. It’s like your typical laser quest game in which you score points by zapping your opponents and destroying the enemy base. A personalised print out at the end of the game gives you your score to beat for next time.

12. Scarborough Fair CollectionA 10 minute drive from the Crown Spa Hotel. The Scarborough Fair Collection has working steam Showman’s engines built by Burrell Fowler Garrett and McLaren fairground rides and street and dance organs vintage and miniature vehicles trains and much much more! Listen to the melodies of yesteryear and the hits of today on the Fairground Street and Dance Organs built by Decap Gavioli Mortier Ruth and Marenghi.

During the last 6 years The Crown Spa Hotel in Scarborough Green Team has continually reappraised each area of our environment policy. Our main strategy is to investigate and implement new technology or practices to reduce CO2 produced directly and indirectly from fossil fuels and to agree as a management team on-going best practice. We have earned many awards such as a National Award for Excellence in sustainability (in 2010) and a rating of 87% Gold rating for the Green Tourism Business Awards (2011).

The main focus for this current period is reducing consumption and improving efficiency in our Energy and Waste Management processes – especially during these difficult economic times.

The ever increasing cost of fuel for heat and power is a major risk to our business. If we as a business are to continue to prosper and compete as a leading independent leisure business in the region, we must attempt to “hedge our exposure” to this risk.

We have always had 2 main strategic aims since 2006

• Our main environmental vision is to reduce KG’s CO2 output from fossil derived energy used in Water, Light, Heat and Power by 25% by 2010 from our 2005 – through staff training, energy efficient SMD bulbs, insulation and investment in energy saving technology and indeed producing some energy from biomass and solar hot water heating; this has now been achieved.

• The further aim is a 50% reduction from our 2005 levels by 2015 – this can only be achieved by investment in further power generation schemes and more technology to help manage energy consumption.

A requirement for further power generation can only be met by wind power as there is not enough space within the confines of the property for solar PV.

Each wind turbine should produce 2,200 KWh of energy based on average wind speeds in the area. The total scheme will produce around 35,200 KWh per year, roughly around 5% of our electrical consumption – Equivalent to the electrical energy used by 7.5 average UK houses or 18 Tonnes of CO2.

This will result in the company reducing total running costs of the business by roughly £17,500 per annum and a payback period of 2.5 years and a reduced reliance on the volatile energy markets.

The choice of design of wind power units, have been ones which will both look elegant and pleasing to the eye, with minimum noise.

You can think of the PTR record as an opposite of the A record. While the A record points a domain name to an IP address, the PTR record resolves the IP address to a domain/hostname.

PTR records are used for the reverse DNS (Domain Name System) lookup. Using the IP address you can get the associated domain/hostname. An A record should exist for every PTR record.

The usage of a reverse DNS setup for a mail server is a good solution. Some external mail exchange servers make reverse DNS lookups before accepting messages originating from your mail server

So basically unless you want your mail getting flagged as SPAM, you need a valid PTR record on the static IP’s you use to send mail on.

Having set all this up – it all started working! 🙂 But I then had a panic attack, PTR records!

You normally setup PTR records when you first setup your SBS system – this is so everyone in the internet world knows who you are – otherwise your mail might be classed as SPAM!

I had already set these up for the primary domain, so I naturally though I would need to set them up for the secondary domain, in fact you can only have one PTR per broadband line (with static IP) or internet IP!

However, as long as the IP you are sending from has a valid PTR record and it is corresponding to a valid A record you are fine, it validates the IP, so you do not need to set up another PTR record.

Now this bit was good to read of, but I have to admit it took me ages to find this very simple fact out!

Scarborough Mere is a natural lake in the Weaponness Valley, in Scarborough. Formerly measuring 40 acres in area, the construction of the York and North Midland Railway line from York to Scarborough bisected the Mere in 1845. Due to that and other factors, including drainage and landscaping, the surface area of the lake is now approximately 16 acres.

In the 20th century, the Mere was a popular tourist attraction owned by Scarborough Corporation, with rowing boats, a café and putting green. There was also a miniature Spanish galleon, the Hispaniola, which made trips across to a Treasure Island where holidaymakers could dig for Doubloons. Unfortunately drhedging and maintenance of the lake decreased, and the increased silt & weed meant that waterborne activities stopped.

The Mere is now part of the Oliver’s Mount Country Park, and is managed by the Scarborough Mere Angling Club as a fishing lake, with the southern end used by waterskiers.

The fish available to catch are:
Roach to 1lb+
Rudd, Bream to 7lb+
Tench to 10lb
Carp to 34lb+
Pike to 30lb+

The Yacht lake is restocked with approximately 700lb stock a year.

To get a pass please call 01723507588

Day ticket on the bank.
Adult £5
Children/concession £3

For an additional £3 you can fish an extra rod (Only on main lake and ski pond, not yacht pond)

The Scarborough indoor is swimming pool in Scarborough. Many hotels have swimming pools including the Crown Spa Hotel. However the indoor swimming pool is the only indoor 25m pool, in the area, plans to build an indoor waterpark are currently being discussed. In the meantime this pool will fill you’re your current needs. It even has a “Splash time” where they bring out inflatables and other equipment for kids to mess around with.

1. GLL to open first standalone budget siteHealth Club ManagementLeisure trust GLL is to open its first standalone, wholly owned budget club in London later this year. GLL entered the budget club sector with its Gym-London brand in 2008 but so far the concept has worked mainly as an option for members to gain limited, gym-only access at full-service leisure centres operated by GLL.

2. ASA grants for five swimming projectsLeisure ManagementThe Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) has awarded funding to five projects in England, which aim to increase participation among non-swimmers and in deprived communities. Administered by the Swimming Trust, grants have been made available through the Kellogg’s Swim Active Grant Scheme and has seen more than £75,000 handed out in the latest round.

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People are being warned against buying “dangerous” herbal slimming aids online. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said there were concerns about some products, including Instant Slim and Sport Burner, being sold on websites and shipped around the world.

2. Pumping iron ‘can double your chances of quitting smoking’Daily MailWeightlifting can do more than just build muscle – it can also help smokers kick the habit, say researchers. A team from The Miriam Hospital in Rhode Island found men and women are twice as likely to quit smoking if they do regular resistance training. It builds on previous studies that found aerobic exercise can reduce cigarette cravings as well as control weight gain after kicking the habit.

Daily Mail3.Can’t give up tanning beds? Users show same brain changes as drug addictsDaily MailSunbeds are as addictive as drugs and alcohol, research suggests. Scientists claim that those obsessed with having a year-round tan may be unable to stop themselves, just like addicts desperate for a fix. They suggest habitual users or ‘tanorexics’ who ignore the health risks may even need medical help to stop.

Scarborough go-karting has recently been opened after initially closing some years back. Due to popular demand, it has new owners and be redeveloped.

With a brand new fleet of 200cc Honda powered SODI GT3 karts and 160cc for juniors be prepared for speed. With a host of events available Scarborough Karting can cater for large or small events. Birthday parties, stag and hen, corporate events or arrive and drive are all on offer with food and beverages available at the pit stop café.

With state of the art timing systems mean your laps will be timed with the accuracy of 1/1000th of a second and with speeds of over 40MPH the track will test your driving skills to the max.